live from singapore, this is bbc news. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, king charles visits the national centre of indigenous excellence in sydney, a day after being heckled by an aboriginal politician in the australian parliament. another round of israeli air strikes in beirut targets financial institutions thought to be linked to hezbollah. seven new civil lawsuits are filed against sean diddy combs in a federal court in new york. even if i don't come back to russia i will participate in the election the widow of russian opposition leader alexei navalny tells the bbc she wants to be president of russia one day.

welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai. we begin in sydney where king charles and queen camilla are on the final day of their tour of australia. he began his day at the national centre of indigenous excellence with an opportunity to meet community organisers and elders. there were also performances and events held to mark the visit at the centre in sydney. he then visited a housing development. later, he will be joined by queen camilla at a barbecue before heading to a cancer research centre. the visit to the indigenous centre comes a day after the king was heckled in the australian parliament. let's get a reminder of lidia thorpe�*s protest. applause. you are not our king! you are not welcome! you are not our king! give us what you stole from us! our bones, our skulls,

our babies, our people! you destroyed our land! this is not your land! you are not making! you are not our king! i asked katie watson about the response to that protest. lats i asked katie watson about the response to that protest. ., , of reaction i asked katie watson about the response to that protest. lots of reaction here i asked katie watson about the response to that protest. lots of reaction here and i asked katie watson about the response to that protest. lots of reaction here and of i asked katie watson about the response to that protest. lots of reaction here and of course abroad, many people saying it was an outburst that was not necessary, that it was not appropriate but there have been plenty of people who have backed her saying this is a message that needed to it isa it is a message many people feel, first nations people here in australia also feel. how it was done in front of the king, i think people hear a very divided on that. certainly the message is clear that there is that concerned that british colonisation led to massacres, lead to huge inequalities that

are still very much present here in australia today. pretty much every outlet newspaper, australian has been talking about it. figs australian has been talking about it. �* , ., , about it. as king charles himself said _ about it. as king charles himself said anything . about it. as king charles i himself said anything about about it. as king charles - himself said anything about it? the only —— there was no statement that came from it, the palace sources said their majesties were very pleased with the welcome they received from australia but no, and i think that is something that has been commented on, the absence in addressing it head on. he spent the morning in redfern, which is the heart civil rights movement in australia, it is a very important aboriginal neighbourhood in sydney. he met elders there, he watched them dance, he also had the welcome to country ceremony which is an aboriginal ritual welcoming

visitors to their land and in fact they said when he entered he was on gadigal land. there are certainly efforts to make sure on this visit, he is addressing notjust the classic australian barbecue, coming to sydney opera house here, but he is also meeting aboriginal communities and talking to that. i believe there were people shouting he is not making from red fern when he went into the indigenous centre for excellence. but so far today, it is a quieter day than what we saw in canberra. what is he doing _ what we saw in canberra. what is he doing for— what we saw in canberra. what is he doing for the _ what we saw in canberra. what is he doing for the rest - what we saw in canberra. what is he doing for the rest of- what we saw in canberra. what is he doing for the rest of the l is he doing for the rest of the day? quite a busy schedule the queen as well, where will they be going next? the queen as well, where will they be going next?— be going next? the queen will be going next? the queen will be auoin be going next? the queen will be going to — be going next? the queen will be going to a _ be going next? the queen will be going to a reading - be going next? the queen will i be going to a reading workshop. then they are having a barbecue and western sydney. the king

will be going on to meet two cancer specialists, they are the australians of the year, a specialist in melanoma and known as australia's national cancer. obviously here in a very sunny country, do something that is very much talked about, and very important for australia. so he is meeting a doctor who was diagnosed with brain cancer last year and through his pioneering research with his colleague, they looked at treatments for him based on their own research. that will be later, he will be coming here to sydney opera house to meet the public then be conducting a fleet review, that will enter strip here in australia before he goes to some other tomorrow. —— and his trip. some other tomorrow. -- and his tri. ~ , ., ., trip. we were 'ust following some images — trip. we were just following some images from - trip. we were just following some images from the - trip. we were just following - some images from the parramatta suburb of western sydney of the

king and queen at the community barbecue, as they meet people from the community. you can see a crowd of people around them, they are in there among the crowd, we did see images of the king and queen actually turning sausages on a barbecue. i suppose they had to get their hands and on that while they were there on a visit to australia. you can see a lot of young people being lined up to meet the king and queen. we will pull away as the cameraman seems to be struggling to find position. let's turn to the middle east next. a fresh round of israeli airstrikes hit the lebanese capital, beirut. these are recent pictures out of baabda, lebanon, a suburb of beirut where multiple air strikes have been reported on targets the israeli army claims are linked to hezbollah. one site was near a main government hospital. at least four people have reportedly been killed. it comes after israel's army issued fresh evacuation orders for civilians in the capital city's southern suburbs. israel earlier warned

of further strikes on hezbollah�*s financial infrastructure after targeting more than a dozen bank branches in beirut. the israel defense forces says it's targeting the lebanese bank al-qard al—hassan to stop large funds flowing to hezbollah, and financing the militant group's operations. but the united nations special coordinator for lebanon told the bbc her office considers the israeli strikes punitive as lebanese people also use the banks for everyday funds. hezbollah launched 170 projectiles and rockets in retaliation, according to the idf. our senior international correspondent, orla guerin is following the latest developments from beirut. well, israel has expanded its list of targets now and is effectively blowing up a bank, a bank linked to hezbollah, a financial institution that has not only branches here in beirut but in the south of the country and in the east, where hezbollah would have strong support.

now, the warnings were issued, we saw some signs of panic in the centre of beirut, people trying to get away from branches of this financial institution. there were streets jammed with cars. then the explosions began, sending dense, dark, black smoke into the night sky over beirut, now a very familiar sight. we know from what israel is saying that this institution was funnelling money to hezbollah, which israel says came from iran, and this money was being used to buy weapons, to fund weapons storage facilities, and to set up weapons launch sites. now, israel has not produced proof of that. it says it will reveal in the coming days how all of this has been happening, and how hezbollah has been using civilian institutions

and charities as fronts for what israel calls terror financing. worth remembering, i think, that it is now a month since israel went toward here with a massive campaign of air strikes that was followed a week later with a ground invasion, which is continuing. at least 1,800 lebanese people have been killed in that time, and day after day hezbollah is still able to fire rockets into israel. bbc verify�*s nick eardley has been looking at social media footage from the beirut strikes, including widely shared fake ai—generated images. yes, israel has struck a number of bank premises in lebanon as part of the ongoing offensive against hezbollah. let me show you where some of the strikes were in the capital, beirut. you can see a couple here down in the south, within a couple of kilometres actually of the airport. there are more up here. there were more strikes as well, but these are some of the ones we've been able to confirm and verify.

let me show you some of the footage, which has also been verified by the bbc team, starting with this one from southern lebanon. you can see two buildings are on fire. not this one, but this one here is a bank building. there is another video here where you can see a big fireball. in that building, there. both of these locations are registered sites of the bank, and israel says it is targeting the bank because it is used by hezbollah, it says the bank was storing funds for hezbollah, which were being used to buy weapons and pay its military. but one expert from a defence think tank, said this to us. this risks setting a dangerous precedent. they also said it risks blurring the line between military and civilian infrastructure, and the un also raised concerns that residents were only given a brief warning to evacuate.

so there is a lot of verified material out there. there is also some fake imagery doing the rounds, which we wanted to show you. some of it has been viewed thousands of times online. this is one of them. it supposedly shows a plane landing in beirut airport. this is coming up under searches of the airport on x it is not of the international airport, if you look at the background, it is not the same as the pictures we have of beirut airport. the plane, if you focus in on it, is also distorted, so that image is false. we showed you this one earlier. we thought it had been ai generated, but we've kept analysing and now actually not so sure. we think it could be a real image with some odd features, which could be to do with how the photo was taken and saved. it is quite a complicated one but we will keep analysing this sort of image to build up a picture of what happened. meanwhile, in gaza, israel's military operation

against hamas continues, with ground raids in the northern jabalia area. the un's human rights office said the idf�*s security operations in gaza are forcing mass displacement of civilians there. and aid groups say all three remaining hospitals in the north are running short of supplies and fuel after israel paused the delivery of humanitarian aid for the first half of october. while aid is now being allowed in, following a us warning, the white house says, it's not enough. to the us. seven new sexual abuse lawsuits have been filed against sean diddy combs in a federal court in new york. four men and three women accuse the hip hop mogul of sexually assaulting them at various parties in los angeles, new york and las vegas. as he awaits his may 2025 trial, the rapper remains in custody at a brooklyn jail. he's facing separate federal charges of sex trafficking and racketeering and denies all wrongdoing. our la correspondent, emma vardy, has more

on those new cases. like most of his accusers, they retain their anonymity, but we had the seven new civil lawsuits that have now been filed, and the lawyers representing these victims say they expect to file more each week that goes by. one of the key significant parts of this new tranche of civil lawsuits and these accusations against sean combs is that other celebrities are mentioned within them, specifically in one allegation there is the alleged victim, who says she was 13 years old when she was sexually assaulted by sean combs at an after party that he was hosting, and she alleges there were two other celebrities present at that time, and that one of those celebrities also sexually assaulted her too. now those celebrities aren't named in this lawsuit. of course we imagine that between the alleged victims and lawyers, that the names of the celebrities are being discussed there but haven't yet

been mentioned publicly, just called celebrity a and celebrity b in the lawsuit, but of course this now takes that into even more different territory. there had been speculation for a while as to who was surrounding sean combs, and who else, what other names might be brought into this as facilitators or people who took part as well, so i think we are now starting to see that in the latest set of lawsuits that have been filed. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. british transport police say a man has died after a crash between two trains in wales. 15 others have been taken to hospital with non life—threatening injuries. all passengers have been evacuated from the trains, which collided in powys. authorities say the low—speed collision happened at around 7.30pm. the first minister of wales says his thoughts are with all those involved.

harrods says it's settling more than 250 claims for compensation brought by women who allege sexual misconduct by its former owner, mohamed al fayed. the luxury department store says the women have come forward to them since the release of a bbc documentary last month. the investigation exposed allegations over decades of serious sexual abuse by the former harrods owner. people are being encouraged to put forward suggestions about how to improve the nhs in england, as the government opens a consultation on the health service's future. proposals including making full medical records, tests results and letters from doctors available in the nhs app. you're live with bbc news. to the us now — where it's almost two weeks until the presidential election. both candidates continue to hit the campaign trail. vice president kamala harris has been appearing alongside former republican congresswoman liz cheney. once a big name in the party, she's now become a vocal critic of its nominee, donald trump. during an event in pennsylvania, ms harris spoke about america's influence

in the world — saying world leaders have expressed concern to her about mr trump's leadership. we represent something — imperfect though we certainly are, flawed though we may be — we represent in terms of our ideals, the basis of our constitution, we represent a gold standard, so this is about direct impact on the american people, and it most certainly will impact people around the world. former president trump has focused his efforts in north carolina, surveying the damage from hurricane helene. he then moved on to an event with faith leaders in the city of concord. at an earlier event in the town of greenville, he rallied supporters around his vision for america. this will be america's new golden age. it's going to happen. every problem facing us can be solved, but now the fate of our nation is in your hands. north carolina, you have

to stand up and you have to tell kamala harris that you have had enough. you can't take it any more. she is the worst vice president in history. north carolina, where former president trump was speaking, is one of the vital swing states om this election. they're also where billionaire elon musk has said he will give away $1 million a day to a registered voter. the winner is chosen at random from those who sign a petition by mr musk�*s campaign group, america pac, which he set up to support donald trump. the first lottery—style cheque was given away to a surprised attendee at a town hall event in pennsylvania on saturday night. pennsylvania governor josh shapiro, a democrat who supports kamala harris, called mr musk�*s strategy "deeply concerning." some legal experts have suggested it may break the law, the bbc has contacted mr musk�*s team and america pac for a response.

let's dive a little deeper into this. joining me live now to discuss this is michael kang, an election law professor at northwestern university's pritzker school of law. what is that we need to understand about where the law stands with what mr musk is doing? l115 stands with what mr musk is doinu ? ,, ., ., stands with what mr musk is doinu? ,, ., ., , , doing? us federal law prohibits -a in: doing? us federal law prohibits paying someone _ doing? us federal law prohibits paying someone to _ doing? us federal law prohibits paying someone to vote - doing? us federal law prohibits paying someone to vote or - doing? us federal law prohibits| paying someone to vote or even registering to vote. here mr musk is not directly paying people to register to vote or to vote but the circumstances in context here clearly indicate that the whole programme is intended to induce people financially to register in time to vote for donald trump in this election. you have to be registered to vote eligible for the million dollar prize he is offering. in these battleground states that are going to decide the presidential election. and in the us electoral college, it is being run right before the election happens and open only until voters cannot really

newly register in the states for the election. it is pretty clear what the intent here is to register new voters likely to register new voters likely to vote for donald trump in this particular election, there is no other explanation or reason to structure this programme this way, other than that. and that's the problem — in the end violates us federal law. ., ~ n' in the end violates us federal law. ., ~ , ~' , , in the end violates us federal law. ., ~ ,., in the end violates us federal law. ., law. elon musk seems to be t in: law. elon musk seems to be trying to _ law. elon musk seems to be trying to play _ law. elon musk seems to be trying to play in _ law. elon musk seems to be trying to play in the - law. elon musk seems to be trying to play in the grey - law. elon musk seems to be i trying to play in the grey when it comes to the details of this law. you could argue that who ever that one person is who receives the million dollars has received payment. that's exactly right. _ has received payment. that's exactly right, it's _ has received payment. that's exactly right, it's a _ has received payment. that's exactly right, it's a way - has received payment. that's exactly right, it's a way of. exactly right, it's a way of getting around the technicalities of the law, because i think what mr musk�*s committee is saying we are actually not paying directly someone to go and register to vote, could go to someone who has already registered to vote and that's true, what this reflects is he has got a lot of money, and he is very motivated to try to help donald trump. if

they end up throwing away some of this money and it has only a marginal effect that's ok because these battleground states and the american electoral college decide the whole presidential election. we really do expect the election to be really tight, it could come down to a few hundred votes in one of the states. if that pays off it is worth all the money elon musk is willing to give away. the money elon musk is willing to give away-— to give away. have we seen anything — to give away. have we seen anything like _ to give away. have we seen anything like this _ to give away. have we seen anything like this before? l to give away. have we seen i anything like this before? not reall i anything like this before? not really i don't _ anything like this before? iirrt really i don't know of anything so cleverly constructed to try to affect the election, i think most of the time it doesn't really make sense to do this. even this programme itself, as clever and as much money as it now involves, it's probably not going to effect the election. everything has to kinda fall into place perfectly for this to matter that much that this doesn't —— incentivises enough new voters to vote in the right state so it swings the election

for trump. there weren't a lot of reasons to go this far to do at. this isjust a of reasons to go this far to do at. this is just a function of how much money elon musk has and how motivated he is to try to help donald trump, i don't know if that is unprecedented but it is close to being unprecedented. aha, but it is close to being unprecedented. but it is close to being unrecedented. . , ., unprecedented. a quick question on the broader _ unprecedented. a quick question on the broader scheme - unprecedented. a quick question on the broader scheme of - on the broader scheme of things, what kind of message does this signal about america's democracy. it’s america's democracy. it's really bad. _ america's democracy. it's really bad, it's _ america's democracy. it's really bad, it's not - america's democracy. it�*s really bad, it's not obvious federal prosecutors will try to charge elon musk and find this to be illegal no matter what the legal analysis is because it is very complicated to bring charges along elon musk and may be perceived as trying to affect the election but it is a really bad message about american democracy if it looks like berliners can try really hard to swing the election or may be risks winning an election that is not the way we want our democracy to work and thatis want our democracy to work and that is one of the things prosecutors will have to consider, whether that is setting a weird precedent, that's really ugly about how that's really ug